Darryl Leroux is an Associate Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Criminology. He teaches courses in classical and contemporary social theory, critical race theory, studies of colonialism, multiculturalism and diversity and the sociology of education. He has taught previously at Carleton University and at the University of Ottawa, in both English and French.

His research interests revolve around three main themes:

He received a three-year Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Grant in 2016 to study the connections between national genomics and genealogy in Quebec. The project seeks to understand whether and/or in which ways newer DNA-based technologies are interacting with older blood-based ones to redefine understandings of race and racism. The project employs conventional ethnographic research in three regions of Quebec, as well as a dynamic "virtual" ethonography component that includes online genealogy forums.

As part of his work on the politics of race, racism, and colonialism in Quebec and French Canada, he studies the social, political, and legal dynamics that have led French-descendant people to increasingly claim Indigenous identities over the past decade-and-a-half. In particular, he seeks to record and understand the work of so-called metis organizations in Quebec, which often openly oppose existing Indigenous peoples' rights and/or claims.

His research is increasingly going beyond studies of national communities into the realm of transnational studies. In particular, he studies the historical links between France, New France (later Québec), Saint-Domingue (later Haïti), Martinique and other sites in the French Atlantic. Inspired by work examining the relations put into motion through European imperialism, slavery and colonialism, he aims to study how contemporary relations based on European white supremacy continue to produce particular types of racial solidarity across the French Atlantic.

Dr. Leroux makes his scholarly library available to students, faculty and community members for borrowing or browsing. Please visit the following digitized library collection to browse for books and get in touch with him to arrange for pick-up at his office.